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L’Auberge Chez Francois for Saturday lunch. This is one of the area’s most enduring restaurants and please let it be there for years to come. A half hour drive from the city, out near Great Falls in Virginia, it is reminiscent of the charming country French restaurants up the Merritt Parkway (La Cremaillere in Banksville comes to mind). It is charming, the food is delicious, and it is the perfect reward after a challenging hike along the trails of Great Falls Park. The 4-course prix fixe at $42 is a deal. The menu is extensive. I like to start with the trio of salmons, followed by steak frites, salad, and chocolate soufflé. The wine list is well priced and smartly edited.

Félicitations à Chez François by Karen Washburn, Part 1: Humble Beginnings of a Country Inn, and Part 2: Continuing a Patriarch’s Dream, feature articles in Élan Magazine documenting the history of Chez François, L’Auberge Chez François and its founder, Chef François Haeringer.

Today, the restaurant remains very similar to when François first opened its doors. From the décor, which features family heirlooms and artifacts purchased in France by François for the original D.C. location, to the traditional Alsatian cuisine, L’Auberge Chez François is, as noted in Virginia Living magazine, classically, unapologetically, French.

Olivia Rae James has brought a new behind-the-lens perspective to Chef Jacques’ Bastille Day Garden to Table Celebration. Fostered by time spent in the French countryside as well as an inherent sense of eternal optimism, Olivia seeks out beauty in the everyday, creating everlasting images of L’Auberge Chez François. View Olivia’s L’Auberge:

The results are in! These are the OpenTable 2013 Diners’ Choice Top 100 Best Restaurants in America. The list of honorees are decided after analyzing more than five million reviews of nearly 19,000 restaurants across the country — all submitted by verified diners.

The L’Auberge Chez François family is very pleased to be voted at the top in the following categories; Best Overall Restaurant, Best Service, Best Ambiance, Most Romantic, Best French Food, and Best Food Overall in the Washington, D. C. area by Open Table Diners’ Choice.